HOME Secretary Sajid Javid has confronted the Prime Minister over police funding, demanding millions more to tackle the knife crime crisis.

In a “testy” exchange, he asserted that current spending did “not go far enough”, according to the Daily Telegraph. His intervention comes just months after it was announced extra £1billion would be allocated to help police combat record levels of knife crime. Chancellor Philip Hammond however suggested the police “prioritise” the resources they do have and focus on “real-time” cases over historic investigations.

However, Mr Javid argued bigger changes need to be made to prevent more deaths.